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Machine for Paoking BonedHam. No. 234,983. Patented Nov. 30,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Trice,

WILLIAM HOEFJEN,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MACHINE FOR PACKING BONED HAM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,983, dated November30, 1880. Application filed May 6, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HOEFJEN, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Packing BonedHam, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide new and improved machines forpacking boned hams and shoulders, whereby the same can be packed morecompactly and more rapidly than by hand-labor, as is customary atpresent.

The invention consists of a cylindrical receptacle, the upper half ofwhich is pivoted on its longitudinal edge, and is provided with alever-lock, by means of which the lid can be gradually closed,compressing the meat in the :ylinder,which meatis thenfurthercompressedby closing the front of the cylinder by means of a suitable disk anddriving a piston forward, upon which the disk at the front of thecylinder is removed, and an envelope of suitable material is drawn overthe front of the cylinder, into which envelope the meatis forced by thepiston, which may be operated in any suitable manner.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectionalelevation of my improved machine for packing boned meat. Fig. 2 is across-sectional elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is adetail view of thelever used to close the lid of the cylinder for receiving the meat.

The cylindrical receptacle A has its upperhalf pivoted or hinged onits'longitudinal edge on the lower fixed half, whichrests on rigidsupports )1. The upper half of the cylinder is provided with a curveddouble bar or fork, 0, provided with a series of notches, D D, whichdouble )ar 0 is pivoted to the upper part of the cyliner in such amanner that a curved stud or .ose, E, attached to the lower part of thecylinder, fits in between the said double bar or fork (1- A lever, F, isprovided with afihook, which catches under the nose E at the forwardend, and adjacent thereto with a tg' e' pjp qr stud, G, which fits innotchg D D ofpthe double bar orfork, O. Apiston, P 1 1 fitti g ithecylinder, is attached tor, rack, J, which is acted "P by P 1 herebythe piston H can be moved forward or ,ackward as may be desired. A disk,L, fitting into the cylinder A, is attached to a lever, M, pivoted tothe base of the machine below the front of the cylinder, and providedwith a bar, N, having a hook attached to the end, by means of whichhooked bar it can be locked in the front of the cylinder A. The frontend of the cylinder is planed down slightly, so as to form a shoulder,0, so that the envelope thatis drawn over the front end of the cylinderA can rest against said shoulder. Plates P P, which overlap thelongitudinal joints, are attached to the inner side of the cylinder toprevent the meat from being forced out through said joints. The disk Lmay be secured in the end of the cylinder in any desired manner.

The operation is as follows: Boned ham or any other kind of meat fromwhich the bones have been removed is placed in the lower part of thecylinder A. The stud G of the lever]? is then passed into the lowestnotch D of the fork O, and the hooked end of the said lever is placedagainst the under side of the nose E, upon which the said lever isdepressed, thereby partially closing the lid part of the cylinder andcompressing the meatin the said cylinder. The stud is then passed intothe next highest notch, the lever is again depressed un-- til the lidpart of the clyinder can be closed, and is then looked in this positionby the lever or some suitable latch. The disk his then secured in thefront opening of the cylinder A by resting the hooked end of the bar-Nagainst the rear edge of the cylinder. The piston H is caused to move inthe direction of the arrow at by means oi the crank and pinion K,whereby the meat if one dyylinderiajompresseu beween the '31 of thecylinder, the disk L, and the piston H As soon as the meat has been 1compressed gufficiently the disk L is removed from the from opening ofthe cylinder A, and an envelope of any suitable material is passed Ontot frat end of the said cylinder, which is P vided with a shoulder, O,for the purpose Q l'reventing the envelope from being drawn too far. Ifthe piston is now again driven forward the compressed meat will beforced into the envelope, drawing the same off from the cylinder asrapidly as it becomes filled. The envelope is closed in any suitablemanner.

I am aware that chopped meat is placed in a cylinder and then forcedinto sausage-envelopes; but this I do not claim, as I do not chop or cutthe meat, butonly remove the bones.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patcut-- 1. A machine for packing boned meat, madesubstantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of acylinder having its upper half hinged on the longitudinal edge andprovided with a notched fork, into which a lever for closing said upperpart is passed, which cylinder is provided with a disk for closing thefront end and with a piston, as set forth.

2. In a machine for packing boned meat, the

